Can someone help me insert a PDF onto a layer using the scrolling panel?

Adding my 2 cents to this discussion - it would be very helpful to be able to insert a PDF directly into a scrolling window, for the same reasons already shared in previous posts. While saving as an image can work in some occasions, there are many in which it does not. Would love to see this updated in a future enhancement. Thanks!

I agree that it would be helpful to have the option to add a PDF in a scrolling window. I've spent the better part of the afternoon trying different work-arounds for something that seems so basic. Our outdated course authoring tool inside our LMS even has this capability. It's quite disappointing.

Let's add the feature to upload a PDF into a scrolling window. Thanks!

Here is an example (as Phil had suggested) of a pdf converted to images and then displayed in a scrolling panel. Here is an example of a pdf displayed in a webobject that sits on a layer. And here is a sample of a pdf in a lightbox.

The problem for me with converting the pdf to an image is that all the hyperlinks within the pdf are then not active. If I copy/paste from Word into a text box, then put that into the scroll panel, I lose all the formatting. It would be great if we could insert a pdf document, that keeps the formatting (e.g., embedded fonts/colors) and active links. We have about 50 3-5 page documents and trying to re-format every page of every document is very daunting. Setting it up as a web object is also problematic because our contract for this project is limited (US Dept. of Ed) and if we have to turn resources over to a new management group, all the links would then be disconnected when it shifted to a new server. Everything needs to be self-contained whenever possible. Just problematic.

Inserting PDFs to a scrolling panel | Articulate

26 Replies

PhilMayor
Super Hero
12 years ago
You would need to convert it to an image first
- DouglasCuddihy-
  Community Member
  5 years ago
  Is there a free resource to convert PDF to an image? Adobe can be confusing sometimes.
MichaelHinze
Community Member
12 years ago
Here is an example (as Phil had suggested) of a pdf converted to images and then displayed in a scrolling panel. Here is an example of a pdf displayed in a webobject that sits on a layer. And here is a sample of a pdf in a lightbox.
KatieEvans
Community Member
12 years ago
Thanks Phil and Michael!
GregNelson-6641
Community Member
8 years ago
Hi all, I appreciate the discussion around this function in SL, thanks. Would it be possible for Michael to re-post the links for his examples? They are currently not working or could you point me to other examples/methods of embedding pdf's in SL.
CynthiaCastillo
Community Member
8 years ago
I'd like to know this too.
AlyssaGomez
Staff
8 years ago
Hi Greg and Cynthia, thanks for joining the conversation!

Greg--you mentioned that you found embedding a PDF in Storyline isn't working correctly for you. Could you tell me more about what's going on? What version of Storyline are you using?

Cynthia--are you also having trouble embedding a PDF in Storyline? What version of Storyline are you using?
- craigmanrique
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Storyline 360. No big deal. Will resort to Web Object part when I find a place to host the file.
  
  Thank you.
  
  Cynthia
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
8 years ago
Hi Cynthia,

It looks like you may be posting from a separate account now. Could you tell us more about what happens when you try to embed the PDF? Are you viewing this while in Storyline or did you look at how it appeared in the published output?
- craigmanrique
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  Hello Ashley,
  
  I was originally agreeing with the other user in that I wanted to display a PDF within slide.
  I understand now I can use the Web Object tool to do just that. We can close this inquiry. Thank you for you help.
  
  Cynthia
GregNelson-6641
Community Member
8 years ago
Hi Ashley/Alyssa, thanks for the follow up here. I wanted to embed a PDF through the player resources tab using a variable and a scroll bar. I found I could do this with the download - pdfviewer.

I have attached the zip - SL template which makes the process easy. I'm not sure if there is an easier way. I would appreciate knowing if there is. btw I'm using Storyline 360,

kind regards Greg
pdfViewer.zip3.7 MB
AshleyT-Pollard
Staff
8 years ago
Hi Greg,

Thanks for sharing. When using the resources tab you'll only be able to link to items, not embed them in the tab itself - I know some users have embedded a PDF onto the slide itself using either a web object or the image inside a scrolling panel.

I'll let the community weigh in on any other easier ways to accomplish this!
ValeriaFast
Community Member
6 years ago
Thank you all for your comments!

Phil and Michael, the issue converting it to an image is that creates several pages for a long PDF, and also looses quality when the image is enlarged….

Michael, I cannot also see your links, could you please repost them? are these examples with several pages PDFs?

The issue also is that ARTICULATE does not allow me to embed in the same page, and I can only do it in a new page, which confuses the learner as they cannot go easily go back to the course….I think this feature should be reviewed in Articulate.

Any other suggestions would be more than welcome!